Loren Perry has passed away
Posted by Brandon Lowe on January 30, 2026, 11:54:32
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I was informed by Sherry, his wife, that Loren Perry passed away on January 16th. Loren was such a great guy and an amazing modeler. Many of you know the name, but in case you don't Loren was largely responsible for the creation of mass produced Photo Etch in the 1980s. His brand was Gold Medal Models. If you have ever had the opportunity to see any of his finished models - they are basically the definition of a perfect ship model build. If you would like to hear his story, I had the opportunity to interview him 3 years ago - which you can see here:
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Responses
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - James N February 5, 2026, 5:25:42
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Jay February 4, 2026, 18:57:05
- Not surprised. Still sucks. He was the best. n/t - Bill Stathis February 3, 2026, 10:47:13
- Fair winds and following seas Sailor. - Al Ross February 2, 2026, 15:05:38
- Thank You Loren.... - Mario (Moe) February 1, 2026, 15:38:32
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Steve Fairbairn February 1, 2026, 9:56:07
- Fair winds and following seas. My condolences to Sherry and family - Bill Oreto February 1, 2026, 1:24:27
- Fair winds and calm seas - Tom Surlak January 31, 2026, 21:47:24
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Robert Apfelzweig January 31, 2026, 16:33:54
- this one hurts .... such a good man ... slow salute - Ray Bean January 31, 2026, 16:31:09
- Condolences to family... - Loren Pike January 31, 2026, 11:53:51
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Peter M January 31, 2026, 10:00:16
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Bruce L. Kapito January 31, 2026, 9:31:13
- Fair Winds and Following seas, Loren. Your sets were the gold standard and transformed my modeling. - Charles Landrum January 31, 2026, 8:38:50
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Bob Pienkos January 31, 2026, 6:11:24
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Felix Bustelo January 31, 2026, 6:04:24
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - STEVEN M January 31, 2026, 3:45:49
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Jacques Druel January 31, 2026, 1:28:21
- Re: Loren Perry's passing........... - Chris Preston January 30, 2026, 22:33:39
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Michael Fuller January 30, 2026, 20:20:23
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Michael D'Silva January 30, 2026, 18:34:32
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Skiphas January 30, 2026, 18:03:37
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - T. Dougherty January 30, 2026, 17:22:02
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Donald Anderson January 30, 2026, 16:48:57
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Jon Iverson January 30, 2026, 16:14:22
- Kindest condolences to all affected by his loss. - Model Monkey January 30, 2026, 15:26:05
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Robert Smith January 30, 2026, 15:03:21
- Sad News! God Bless! - J. G. Madona January 30, 2026, 14:42:36
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - bgire January 30, 2026, 14:34:34
- Sad news. He will be missed. - TOMLABEL January 30, 2026, 14:29:12
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Fred Sirois January 30, 2026, 13:59:16
- Calm seas and fair winds - Barry January 30, 2026, 13:35:29
- He was a good man. - Felix C January 30, 2026, 12:47:52
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Art Rohloff January 30, 2026, 12:37:30
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Francine January 30, 2026, 12:37:15
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Andy Baum January 30, 2026, 12:30:05
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Richard Harden January 30, 2026, 12:26:17
- Re: Loren Perry has passed away - Robert Salmon January 30, 2026, 12:07:35
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